The Herald
TULALIP — A fatal fire on the Tulalip Reservation last week has been attributed to outdoor burning that spread into blackberry bushes.
The property owner had been burning vegetation either earlier that day or the night before.
Hours later, the wind fanned the hot ashes into a brush fire, the Snohomish County Fire Marshal’s Office says.
The owner, David S. Hagaman, 86, fell down an embankment while fighting the fire with a garden hose, investigators said June 29.
An autopsy determined he died from burns and smoke inhalation. His death was ruled an accident.
